The second Ecsite Accessible exhibitions workshop propose to explore and discuss accessibility, both in a science centre, Cité de l’espace and in a natural history museum, at Museum de Toulouse. It will engage participants to a creative challenge, thinking in new ways, with accessibility in mind, finding solution often enhancing museum experience for all visitors. The first day session will make participants sensitive through experience, understand the global approach of accessibility and explore how new technologies can be used. It will provide keys to create displays accessible for all through sharing ideas and experiences, analysis of interactive exhibits and prototyping. The second day will focus on measure of exhibition accessibility, diagnosis and remediation of information document or web communication provided by the participants.
The workshop is aimed at exhibit developers or explainers, both interested in designing accessible projects. Speakers • Hoelle Corvest Morel, access expert for visually impaired persons,universcience, Paris, France • Marcus Weisen, director, Jodi Mattes trust. • Benny Berringer, Exhibit designer, Hüttinge GmbH, Nuremberg,Germany • Chantal Leloup, access manager, Cité de l’espace, Toulouse • Jeremy Martinat, access experts for hard of hearing and deaf persons, Museum de Toulouse • Anne Cazalet, Access expert, Museum of Toulouse, Toulouse, France • Marie Hamida, Access expert, Museum of Toulouse, Toulouse, France • Tate Greenhalgh, Interpretation Developer, Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom • Olivier Darasse, deputy director -access manager, Museum de Toulouse • Eric Lawrin, access experts for hard of hearing and deaf persons, Universcience, Paris • Antonio Serpa, Institute of Computer Science Research, Toulouse • Helen Petrie, Department of computer science, university of York • Keith Bright, inclusive environments expert